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Preliminary Latin 4445.Preliminary 英 Prɪ'Lɪmɪn(ə)Rɪ]美 Prɪ'Lɪmɪnɛri 释义 N

正面 4445.preliminary
英 [prɪ'lɪmɪn(ə)rɪ]美 [prɪ'lɪmɪnɛri]

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释义:
n. 准备;预赛;初步措施adj. 初步的;开始的;预备的
例句:
1. The winner of each preliminary goes through to the final.每场初赛的获胜者进入决赛。

limen开始,门槛,阈限。 preliminary预备的。 pre-在……之前,-ary的。 preliminary即在开始之前的.
preliminary 初步的,初期的pre-,在前,早于,-limin,界限,门槛,开端,词源同limit.引申词义初步的,初期的。
preliminary (adj.)1660s, from French préliminaire and directly from Medieval Latin praeliminaris, from Latin prae- "before" (see pre-) + limen (genitive liminis) "threshold" (see limit (n.)). A word that arose in reference to negotiations to end the Thirty Years' War. Earliest attested form in English is preliminaries (n.), 1650s."

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